Deathtrap Games Rules Cyclopedia

Simplified Early Firearms Description : Match-, wheel-, or Flint-Lock weapons take too long to load to be reloaded in battle without a hirel...

Component Advancement Description : Instead of gaining entire levels at once, a character earns one component of their next level at once. F...

Roll the Body Description : When a character is knocked out of commission (such as at 0hp), their status is unknown unless an ally checks on...

Lucky Escape Description : Used in TTRPGs that use a Luck Scores . When a party of PCs is attempting to fled a battle they make Luck Checks,...

Advantage/Disadvantage as Dice Description : Rather than rolling twice and taking the higher result, you roll an extra d6 and apply it as a ...

Pact Magic Description : Spells are replaced by relationships with spirits that have broad spheres of influence. The spirit may be called on...

Abstract Coin Description : Treasure is abstracted from numbers of coin, gem, jewels, and artifacts into a Wealth statistic that a character...

Simplified Wounds  Description : Hit points are abstracted either into the number of Wounds that the target can take (in OSR games this is e...

Player-Facing Defense Description : Game masters do not roll for attack, instead PCs have a defense ability they roll when attacked to beat ...

Zones - Subjective Description : Movement, reach, attack ranges, and spell effects are measured in zones:  close, near,  and  far . Each is ...

Zones - Objective Description : Distance is abstracted into either three zones:  near, far, and close  or into two zones:  here  and  there ...

Depletion Dice (Light)  Description : Using a modification of the depletion dice , combustible light sources can be given a variable duratio...

Depletion Dice Description : Instead of tracking individual items like money, rations, and ammunition, a die can be expressed as a die. Each...

Effort Pools Description : Setting a hit point total for a challenge that requires time and multiple rolls can be expressed as a hit point t...

Room Target Numbers Description : Set a single d20 target number for all tasks in a room or for an encounter, allowing for modifiers based o...

Re-Roll Pools Description : Player's have a refreshing pool of times they may re-roll checks, applicable only to specific abilities of t...

Encumbrance Slots Description : Instead of measuring gear by weight, give PCs a limited number of slots, either fixed or stat-based, in whic...